Improvement in carriage-buttons



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Carriage-Curtain Fastener.

No. 110,558. V Patented Dec. 27, 1870.

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CHARLES H. FIELD, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND,

Letters Patent No, 110,558, dated December 27, 1870..

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRlAGE-BUT'IZONS.

The Schedule referred toin these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. FIELD, of Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Carriage-Buttons; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same,

reference being bad to the annexeddrawing making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a side View of my invention Figure 2 is acentral longitudinal section thereof; and

Figure-3 is an end view of the button-head.

My invention has relation to means for securing the curtains of buggies,carriages, 850.; and

It consists in the manner of casting the rotating ec-' centric buttoncast upon the turned head of a shank, designed to be driven into thewood-work, and combined with a separate conical washer in connectiontherewith, as hereinafter described.

The letter A of the drawing diesignates the nail by which the button issecured to the wood-work or frame.

The head a of the nail is neatly turned and finished.

B represents the bntton,which is designed to be oval and smooth on itsface or outer portion.

This button is eccentrically placed on the head of the nail, which isarranged to turn in a socket within the button.

The body of the button projects toward the wood-- work of the carriage,and is, at the same time, gradually contracted into a conical form.

In the process of manufacture, the iron forming the button is castaround the turned headaof the nail, and when cold it is readily rotatedthereon 0 represents a washer in the form of a frnstum of a cone, thelarger end of which is designed to be placed against the wood-work orframe, and the smaller end to abut against the small inner end of therotating button B.

These contiguous ends of the rotating button and washer are similar insize and form, and they are designed to be neatly fitted to each other,thcrclgy'forming a tight joint, which wilt not allow the leather of thecurtain to become caught in the crevice between the two.

Should the button become loose from wear, it may be readily tightened upagainst the friction-washer 0.

When placing the button in the button-hole, its 'ex-.

tended side or lip is turned upward, or laterally, according to thestyle of the button-hole. After the button is inserted it is turned insuch a manner as-to bring the lip downward. v

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is-

The carriage-button herein described, having the driven shank A, wit-l1rotating eccentric head B cast on it, and separate conical washer O,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto snbscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. FIELD.

Witnesses HENRY MARTIN, CHARLES SELDEN.

